Report of the Research Grant Committee.

On assuming office the Committee found that two applications had not been decided upon. These were considered in February and recommendations were made for two grants amounting to £115.

As there was still available a balance of £150 from the grant for 1924, which would be withdrawn if not allocated before the 31st March, 1925, additional applications were asked for to reach the Committee not later than the 14th March. Two applications, amounting to £150, were received and recommended and the Committee's work with the 1924 grant was thus completed.

At the 1925 session of Parliament £1,780 was authorised for Research Grants, viz. £1,000 for fresh grants and £780 for grants already allocated but not expended. Applications were asked for to be sent in before October 31st, 1925. Eighteen applications for a total amount of £1,310 were received. These were considered, and on November 17th the Committee made recommendations in favour of nine grants, amounting in all to £655, and on December 10th, after further inquiries had been made, two other applications, amounting to £125, were recommended. One application for a grant of £50 is still under consideration, pending the receipt of further information. In the remaining six cases the Committee has been unable to recommend the granting of the amounts asked for. The balance of the 1925 grant not yet allocated is £220, and there is also available the sum of £188/16/6 in the Research Fund Account, arising from grants that have been refunded. The Committee recommends that applications be invited for an early date so that allocations from these funds may be made before March 31st, 1926.

The Committee suggests that a list of all instruments, apparatus, books, etc. the property of the Institute purchased by research grant funds, be prepared for the information of members.

Abstracts of the reports made by grantees, kindly prepared by the Assistant Secretary, are appended. Mr. A. M. Wright recommends that the unexpended balance of about £15 from his grant be transferred to Professor Malcolm, who has a small grant for a similar research, and the Committee recommends that this be done.

Chas. Chilton